Fiber-mixing machine



Aug; 18, 1925.

D. o. PEEASEQ v FIBER MIXING MACHINE Filed Dec. 2. 1921 v 2 sheets-"sheet 1 IIVVENTOR.

MAI/Ida W I LATTORNEY.

Aug. 18, 1925.

D. o. PEASE FIBER- MIXING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec.

Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

' UNITED STATES DURELL 0. PEASE, OF HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

FIBER-MIXING MACHINE.

Application filed December 2, 1921. Serial No. 519,369.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, DURELL O. PEAsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hampden, in the county of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fiber-Mixing Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means whereby differing fibers, such as cotton and asbestos, may be thoroughly and effectively commingled thus preparing it into a proper condition for subsequent processes of manufacturing.

An essential feature of the invention consists in the provision of a hollow cylinder with closed ends, so as to turn on ahorizon tal axis rotatably mounted in standards fixed to the floor, the inner peripheral wall of the cylinder being provided with a num ber of battle plates to which are attached a plurality of inwardly extending pegs or projections which alternate with a plurality of pegs attached to a shaft inside of the cylinder and concentric therewith said shaft having a rotary motion in a contrary direction to that of the cylinder. By means of this construction the material placed in the cylinder is thoroughly mixed together.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists in the novel construction and in the peculiar arrangement, combination and adaption of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the claims.

The invention is clearly accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and which drawings: Figure 1 is an end elevation of a fiber mixing machine constructed according to my invention. Figure 2 is a side elevation in partial section. Figure 3 is a vertical section on line XY of Figure 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral, 1 represents the cylinder journalled at its ends in the bearings 2 fixed to the standards 3 so as to turn on a horizontal axis. The inner peripheral surface of the cylinder is provided with two or more baflle plates 4: which may be integralv with the wall or fixed thereto in illustrated in the any suitable manner. To two or more baflie plates steel pegs 5 are firmly fixed and spaced about six inches apart. 'A rotary motion is imparted to the cylinder from the driving shaft 6 by the train of gears 7, 8 and 9. A shaft 10 rotatively mounted in the journals of the cylinder extends the whole length of the machine, to this shaft is fixed a rectangular body 11, preferably made of wood, in each side of which steel pegs 12 are fixed extending radially into the spaces between the pegs 5. A rotary motion opposite that of the cylinder is imparted to shaft 10 from the driving shaft 6 by the gears 13 and 14.

A rectangular opening in the circumferential surface of the cylinder, closed by the door 15, is provided for the insertion of the material to be mixed.

In operation the operative partly fills the cylinder with the materials to be mixed, closes and fastens the door and starts the machine in motion. In practice I find that a machine constructed according to my present invention will operate to thoroughly and rapidly mix fibers of different mate: rials.

I claim: I

1. The combination in a fiber mixing machine of ahollow cylinder journalled on a horizontal axis, means for rotating the cylinder in one direction, a plurality of baflie plates on the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, a plurality of pegs extending inwardly in the inside of said cylinder,

a shaft concentric with said cylinder, pegs fixed to the shaft and extending radially between the cylinder pegs, and means for rotating said shaft in an opposite direction to that of the cylinder.

2. In a fiber mixing machine comprising a hollow cylinder journalled in a horizon tal axis, means for rotating the cylinder in one direction, a plurality of baffle plates fixedly connected to the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, a plurality of pegs fastened to two or more of the plates, a shaft concentric with said cylinder, means for rotating said shaft in an opposite direction to that of the cylinder, and pegs fixed to the shaft and extending radially between the cylinder pegs.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

DURELL O. PEASE. 

